VANCE MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 905 National Road, Wheeling, West Virginia 26003 Church Telephone: (304) 232-0980 Fax: (304) 232-0982 vancechurch.org SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST COMMUNION June 03, 2018 10:00 a.m. Lectionary Selections of Scripture for this Sunday: 1 Samuel 3:1-10 (11-20) ~ Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18~ 2 Corinthians 4:5-12 Mark 2:23-3:6 The MISSION of Vance Memorial Presbyterian Church (USA) is to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ with everyone through Worship, Prayer, Education, Fellowship, and Mission Outreach. 1
Gathering around God s Word PROCESSIONAL HYMN Morning Has Broken, PH 664 (PH 469) CHIMES LET THE CHILDREN COME GREETINGS and ANNOUNCEMENTS Please sign and pass the fellowship pad to the inside aisle. UNISON OPENING PRAYER All: Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, and desires, known, and from whom no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you and worthily magnify your holy name; through Christ our Lord. Amen. RESPONSIVE CALL to WORSHIP Leader: This is the day that the Lord has made; All: Let us rejoice and be glad in it. Leader: The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. All: And also with you. Leader: Let us worship God. OPENING HYMN of PRAISE God is Here!! GtG 409 (PH 461) CONFESSION and time of self-examination Leader: The proof of God s amazing love is this: While we were still sinners Christ died for us. Because we have faith in him, we dare to approach God with confidence. All: Holy and merciful God, in your presence we confess our failure to be what you created us to be. You alone know how often we have sinned in wandering from your ways, in wasting your gifts, in forgetting your love. By your loving mercy, help us to live in your light and abide in your ways, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Savior. SILENT PRAYER of CONFESSION And all of God s children say: Amen! SUNG RESPONSE Lord, Have Mercy, GtG 551 RESPONSIVE DECLARATION OF PARDON Leader: Anyone who is in Christ is a new creation. The old life has gone; a new life has begun. Know that you are forgiven and be at peace. All: Thanks be to God. Amen. 2
GLORIA PATRI Glory be to the Father, GtG 581 (PH 579) PASSING the PEACE of CHRIST May the Peace of Christ be with you! And also with you! SONG of PREPARATION Blest Be the Tie That Binds, GtG 306 (PH 438) Encountering God s Word UNISON PRAYER for ILLUMINATION All: Lord, open our hearts and minds by the power of your Holy Spirit, that as the Scriptures are read and your Word is proclaimed, we may hear with joy what you say to us today. Amen. CHILDREN S MESSAGE Miss Jane The ANTHEM What a Beautiful Name Words and Music by Ben Fielding and Brooke Ligertwood Arranged by David Wise; Orchestrated by David Shipps SCRIPTURE for the SERMON Leader: Here what the Spirit is saying to the church. A reading from the book of Mark 2:23-3:6 23 One sabbath he was going through the grainfields; and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain. 24 The Pharisees said to him, Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the sabbath? 25 And he said to them, Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need of food? 26 He entered the house of God, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and he gave some to his companions. 27 Then he said to them, The sabbath was made for humankind, and not humankind for the sabbath; 28 so the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath. 1Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there who had a withered hand. 2 They watched him to see whether he would cure him on the sabbath, so that they might accuse him. 3 And he said to the man who had the withered hand, Come forward. 4 Then he said to them, Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the sabbath, to save life or to kill? But they were silent. 5 He looked around at them with anger; he was grieved at their hardness of 3
heart and said to the man, Stretch out your hand. He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. 6 The Pharisees went out and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him. New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) copyright 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Holy wisdom, holy Word Thanks be to God! MORNING MESSAGE Rev. Erica L. Harley Responding to God s Word INVITATION to the OFFERING Leader: Freely you have received, freely give. Let us return to God the offering of our life and the gifts of the earth. OFFERTORY ANTHEM Here I Am, Lord Words and Music by Daniel L. Schutte Arranged by Lloyd Larson DOXOLOGY Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow GtG 606 (PH 592) UNISON PRAYER of DEDICATION All: Blessed are you, O God, maker of all things. Through your goodness you have blessed us with these gifts: our selves, our time, and our possessions. Use us, and what we have gathered, in feeding the world with your love; through the one who gave himself for us, Jesus Christ our Savior and Lord. Amen. The SACRAMENT of HOLY COMMUNION Invitation to the Lord s Table Leader: This is the joyful feast of the people of God! People will come from north and south and from east and west to sit at table in the kingdom of God. According to Luke, when our risen Lord was at table with his disciples, he took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. This is the Lord s Table. Our Savior invites those who trust him to share the feast that he has prepared. 4
Great Thanksgiving Leader: The Lord be with you. All: And also with you. Leader Lift up your hearts. All: We lift them to the Lord. Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. All: It is right to give our thanks and praise. Leader: Praise to you, O God, for all your works. You created the world and called it good and made us in your image to live together in love. You made a covenant with us, and even when we turned from you, you remained ever faithful. Therefore, with all creation we sing your praise: ALL: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. GtG 552 Leader: Thank you, O God, for sending us your Son. He lived among us and told your story. He healed the sick and welcomed sinners. He shared our pain and died our death, then rose to new life that we might live, and all creation be restored. Words of Institution Leader: We give you thanks that the Lord Jesus on the night before he died, took bread, and after giving thanks to you, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying: Take, eat. This is my body, given for you. Do this in remembrance of me. In the same way Jesus took the cup, saying: This cup is the new covenant sealed in my blood, shed for you and for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this in remembrance of me. Remembering your boundless love revealed to us in Jesus Christ, we break bread and share the cup, giving ourselves to you to live for him in joy and praise. Leader: Great is the mystery of faith: All: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again., GTG 553 Leader: Gracious God, pour out your Holy Spirit upon us and upon these your gifts of bread and wine that they may be for us the body and blood of Christ and that we may be his body for the world. By your Spirit unite us with Christ and one another until we feast with him and with all your saints in your eternal realm of justice and peace. Through Christ, with Christ, in Christ, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor are yours, almighty God, now and forever. Amen. All: Amen. Amen. Amen., GtG 554 The Lord's Prayer, CH 631 Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth, as it is in Heaven! Give us this day our daily bread; 5
and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen! Breaking of the Bread and Pouring of Cup Leader: Jesus said: I am the bread of life. Jesus said: I am the vine, you are the branches. Come to me and never be hungry; believe in me and never thirst. The gifts of God for the people of God. All: Thanks be to God. Communion of the People Gluten-free elements are available upon request. Meditation: Panis Angelicus Cesar Frank Prayer after Communion Leader: God of abundance, with this bread of life and cup of salvation you have united us with all your people. Now send us forth in the power of your Spirit that we may proclaim your redeeming love to the world and continue forever in the risen life of Jesus Christ, our Lord All: Amen. Taking God s Word out, into our Worlds CLOSING HYMN Lift High the Cross, PH 439 BENEDICTION BENEDICTION RESPONSE and POSTLUDE O Beautiful for Spacious Skies, GtG 338 (PH 564) Please stand if able. PH=Presbyterian Hymnal (Blue); CH=Celebration Hymnal (Red) GTG=Glory to God (screen or insert) Today s liturgy is reprinted by permission of Westminster John Knox Press from Feasting on the Word Worship Companion, 2014. Songs used with CCLI License # 1223079 10:00 a.m. Service of Worship regularly broadcast over WKWK-FM 97.3 Lectionary Selections of Scripture for NEXT Sunday: 1 Samuel 8:4-11 (12-15), 16-20 (11:14-15) ~ Psalm 138 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 ~ Mark 3:20-35 6
2018 CHURCH DIRECTORY Clerk of Session...Julie Squibb President of the Board of Deacons...Russ Green Church Treasurer...Paul Limbert Chairperson of Building and Property Commission...Ted Owens Chairperson of Christian Education Commission...Jill Flanagan Chairperson of Worship & Music Commission...Howard Monroe Chairperson of Missions Commission...Carol Obermann Chairperson of Personnel Committee...Beth Ann Dague Chairpersons of Hospitality...Sue Abraham, Rowena Baker, Carol Myers Chairperson of Finance/Memorials Committee... Michelle John Chairperson of Nominating Committee...Scott Winters Chairperson of Stewardship Committee...Jay Frey Chairperson of Evangelism and Membership...John Hargleroad Moderator of Presbyterian Women...Virginia Dulany SESSION 2018 2019 2020 Jay Frey Beth Ann Dague John Hargleroad Howard Monroe Ted Owens Phil Polack Carol Obermann Geri Sloane Jill Flanagan Michelle John Scott Winters Bettie Steele DEACONS 2018 2019 2020 Kathy Hannan Ann Bopp Diane Crowl Michael Hires Marjorie Easton Russ Green Louise Limbert Carol Myers Janet Hart Joanne Winters Karen Seabright Joelle Oliver Congregational Nominating Committee for 2018 Members at large from our congregation: Ginny Dulany, Sam Driehorst and Lynne Exley Deacon: Michael Hires Elders: Geri Sloane & Scott Winters MISSION PERSONNEL of OUR DIRECT CONCERN Caleb & Claire (Seabright) Bermudez ~ MINISTERS of the CHURCH: ALL MEMBERS ~ The PASTOR and CHURCH STAFF Rev. Erica L. Harley ~ Senior Pastor Jane Schockey ~ Church Administrator/C.E. Director Deborah Podolski Breiding ~ Director of Music Russ Brown ~ Head Custodian Jay Carenbauer ~ Custodian Evan Smith ~Sound, Lighting & Visual Coordinator 7